Read history. Hmmm... A few years before Gagarin. Do you remember "The International Geophysical Year"? 18 month period from mid '57 to 12/31/58. Interesting piece of history there. Prolly by dumb luck we were perfectly positioned to observe the "The Storm". February 9-12, 1958, the Sun-Earth system was seized by an extraordinary event of "space weather" (pretty much where the term came from) It didn't start as competition. Started as cooperation, and with a sense of urgency. Russia launched Sputnik. Second launce was Latka the dog. Third launch,...well, it went to the moon, and all the way around the moon photographing the front and photographing the back. Stark difference that raised many hairs. The race was on, and more urgent than ever. We didn't retrieve rocks because we were tired of selfies and cruising the dune buggy. It's what we went for. We also sent missions to map the gravitational anomalies. (the moon doesn't have a gravitational "center") We also set up seismometers (had planned a nuke detonation but ended up just jettisoning landers) as well as attempting, unsuccessfully, to get a sample of the "lunar shell" below the surface debris. We haven't been back because we found what we went to find.
I don't know where you go off the rails, but I think it is near the third Soviet launch, of Sputnik 3, which went nowhere near the Moon. You are probably confusing it with Luna 1, which was only two months ahead of Pioneer 4. Of course we didn't retrieve rocks for trivial reasons---which was my point. You want to know about geology, you need rocks. As for the lack of a "gravitational center," that would come as news to all the trajectories that were developed on the basis of the Moon having a center of mass (which it does).
You must live an interesting life, but what you think you know about the Moon---is imaginary.
Actually all trajectories are developed based in the moon having surface gravitational anomalies. Mascons. Luna wasn't part of Sputnik program. It also wasn't called Luna until several years later. It followed, so more likely 6th launch or so. First of three they sent to the moon, one of which got sent to the sun because the gravitational surface anomalies had yet to be mapped.
Until further notice you are restricted from landing any vehicles on the lunar surface.
I believe it was you who stated that the third satellite after Sputnik 2 went to the Moon. I corrected you about it, and now you are trying to correct me? Not very convincing. Yes, there are MASCONs, but they are aberrations of the central force field. You have to have the central force field, which defines the center of gravity. Even Earth has MASCONs, but they are mostly swamped by the central field strength. Look, if you have a real revelation, reveal it. Reiterating known facts about the Moon is a bore.
Read history. Hmmm... A few years before Gagarin. Do you remember "The International Geophysical Year"? 18 month period from mid '57 to 12/31/58. Interesting piece of history there. Prolly by dumb luck we were perfectly positioned to observe the "The Storm". February 9-12, 1958, the Sun-Earth system was seized by an extraordinary event of "space weather" (pretty much where the term came from) It didn't start as competition. Started as cooperation, and with a sense of urgency. Russia launched Sputnik. Second launce was Latka the dog. Third launch,...well, it went to the moon, and all the way around the moon photographing the front and photographing the back. Stark difference that raised many hairs. The race was on, and more urgent than ever. We didn't retrieve rocks because we were tired of selfies and cruising the dune buggy. It's what we went for. We also sent missions to map the gravitational anomalies. (the moon doesn't have a gravitational "center") We also set up seismometers (had planned a nuke detonation but ended up just jettisoning landers) as well as attempting, unsuccessfully, to get a sample of the "lunar shell" below the surface debris. We haven't been back because we found what we went to find.
I don't know where you go off the rails, but I think it is near the third Soviet launch, of Sputnik 3, which went nowhere near the Moon. You are probably confusing it with Luna 1, which was only two months ahead of Pioneer 4. Of course we didn't retrieve rocks for trivial reasons---which was my point. You want to know about geology, you need rocks. As for the lack of a "gravitational center," that would come as news to all the trajectories that were developed on the basis of the Moon having a center of mass (which it does).
You must live an interesting life, but what you think you know about the Moon---is imaginary.
Actually all trajectories are developed based in the moon having surface gravitational anomalies. Mascons. Luna wasn't part of Sputnik program. It also wasn't called Luna until several years later. It followed, so more likely 6th launch or so. First of three they sent to the moon, one of which got sent to the sun because the gravitational surface anomalies had yet to be mapped. Until further notice you are restricted from landing any vehicles on the lunar surface.
I believe it was you who stated that the third satellite after Sputnik 2 went to the Moon. I corrected you about it, and now you are trying to correct me? Not very convincing. Yes, there are MASCONs, but they are aberrations of the central force field. You have to have the central force field, which defines the center of gravity. Even Earth has MASCONs, but they are mostly swamped by the central field strength. Look, if you have a real revelation, reveal it. Reiterating known facts about the Moon is a bore.